COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Architecture
Degrees Offered:B.Arch., M.Arch.
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Chair:Wu, Kwang-tyng
Department
The undergraduate program was established in 1964. It is a five-year program with the aim of educating creative and socially responsible professionals to design man-made environment. The graduate program established in 1981 is a two-year program, which has three sub-programs: the design sub-program, the theory sub-program and the technology sub-program. The design subprogram requires a design thesis while the other two sub-programs require a written thesis.
Faculty
Professor Emeritus
Wang, Chi-kung
Visiting Professors
Casagrande, Marco ; Kato, Yoshio
Professor
Ho, Der-jen
Associate Professors
Wu, Kwang-tyng ; Chen, Chen-cheng ; Chou, Chia-peng ; Jeng, Hoang-ell ; Liu, Chi-wen ; Luh, Jin-shyong ; Mi, Fu-kuo ;Wang, Chun-hsiung ; Kang, Min-jay ; Yau, Jong-dar
Assistant Professors
Huang, Jui-mao ; Wang, Wen-an ; Bee, Kuang-chein ; Sung, Li-wen
Lecturers
Li, An-juei ; Liu, Hsin-jung
Degree Requirements
- Requirements for a degree of B.S. in Architecture:
Successful completion of 163 credits of courses, including 113 credits of required courses and 47 credits of elective architecture courses. -
Requirements for a Master's degree in Architecture:
Successful completion of 31 credits of courses, including 27 credits of required courses and 4 credits of Seminar.
Course Descriptions
Undergraduate Courses
A0868 Introduction to Fine Arts (0/2) This course focuses on the history of art. From the social, class, gender and environmental perspectives, we explore the visual languages and the ideas of art.
E0054 History of Chinese Architecture (2/0) The aim of the course is to describe the process of architectural development in the Chinese cultural area, and analyze the causes behind the phenomenon of its transformation, enhance the understanding of essential elements of dwelling form, construction and symbolic meaning.
E0128 History of Taiwanese Architecture (0/2) A lecture on site visit and independent research, emphasis on the latest 100 years and analysis on the relationship between Taiwan and the World.
E0172 History of Western Architecture (0/2) Through the time in vertical axis and architectural pieces of different era in horizontal axis, to explore the special characters of buildings, through the history、social background、evolution of architecture and technology to enrich the creativity sense of students.
E0180 Strength of Materials (0/2) Stress and strain in axially loaded members, direct shear, and torsion. Shearing force and bending moment diagrams, beam deflections, and the Mohr's circle are concerned, too.
E0227 History of Modern Architecture (2/0) This course investigates issues that have influenced the making and meaning of the case of architecture design projects from the mid-19th Century, to the early 20 the Century. Students will read texts and present the case studies.
E0246 Architectural Physical Environments (3/0) This course mainly discusses issues about architecture planning, how a designer uses architecture physical environmental impact factor to reduce energy exhaust and relay to architecture equipment system.
E0257 Architectural Programming (2/0) This course will not only focus on how to make a architectural program, but also discusses the issues about designing processes and planning to improve the student's ability of building design.
E0271 Architectural Structural System (0/2) The concept of structure about structural system, principle, load, stress, and earthquake. Arch, cable, beam, frame, truss, slab, membrane, and shell are introduced.
E0273 Architectural Structure and Form (2/0) Development of structural forms, Structural actions, Structural materials, Construction and form, Structural elements, complete structures: early forms, Contemporary wide-span structures, Bridges, Multi-story buildings and structures, Structural understanding and design.
E0275 Introduction to Architecture (2/0) This is the course for all freshmen of Architecture Department and other department students who interested in architecture. Its definition, how it relate to history and culture, the procedure of making a building and its environment, architectural profession education, urban design, and slides show for famous architecture all over the world.
E0550 Study on Urban Space (0/2) This course explores and examines a variety of urban space, including parks, plazas, streets, waterfronts, urban architecture-all our communal spaces. It also provides urban spatial design theories that have emerged over the past eighty years.
E0587 Surveying Lab. (0/1) Students have been active in the field in tape measurements, leveling surveying, angles, bearings, and directions surveying, traverse surveying, topographic surveying.
E0617 Structural Theory (2/0) This course introduces the students to the basic conceptions and principles of structural theory relating to beams, trusses, rigid frames, and space frameworks.
E0671 Engineering Application of Computers (2/2) Concept and techniques of computer-aided Architectural Design. Explores the use of computers in contemporary architectural practice. Software programs will vary. Including AutoCAD 2D and 3D, Photoshop, multimedia, visualization of artifacts, realistic rendering and animation. Lecture and laboratory, two credit hours.
E0757 Site Planning (0/3) The contents of this course includes three part：1) teaching of basic knowledge about site planning studies of different building types, 2) outdoor survey workshop to strengthen the site investigation skills of students, 3)hand-on practice on how to make a site planning project.
E0871 Construction Laws and Regulations (0/2) National land use planning, division of urban planning, building and construction administration, the issue of the construction license, public housing and urban development.
E0873 Construction Management (1/0) This presentation of construction management is meant to be introductory in CPM/PERT, Bar Chart, Engineering Management, Cost control, PCM, Logistic Planning, Quality Control, etc.
E0884 Environmental Control System (0/3) This course mainly discuss issues about how a designer uses architecture equipment system to control architecture physical Environment Impact, integrate relation with building's connecting medium.
E0960 Surveying (0/2) Students are introduced to theory of measurements and errors, tape measurements, leveling surveying, angles, bearings, and directions surveying, traverse surveying, topographic surveying.
E0969 Applied Mechanics (2/0) This course is concerned with the Statistics on basic mechanics. Several concepts are primitive in this study. Examples and problems are presented in SI units.
E1034 Introduction to Computers (2/2) This course introduces the basic knowledge of computer and teaches students of architecture dept., how to use the computer to increase architecture present ability.
E1152 Architectural Design (I) (3/3) As an introduction to design, the freshmen design studio progresses through a series of small design projects with specific objectives. It begins from abstract form making to larger project engaging the body, i.e. furniture design, to finally more complex project concerning with the issue of a site, i.e. building and the environment. Projects not only require students to learn the basic design tools, i.e. model making and architectural drawings, they further challenge students to capture the relationship between built and drawn representation of conceptual design ideas.
E1153 Architectural Design (II) (3/3) Basic on the idea of "learning by doing", there are very intensive project practice arranged in the course. As beginners of a professional training, the participant has been asked for a high level of working discipline by tutor over the operative process.
E1154 Architectural Design (III) (4/4) This course concerned with the design about student communication center at Tamkang University, low-rise office building Housing and Traveler information center. It's a one-year's course.
E1155 Architectural Design (IV) (4/4) The divisions of Architectural Design today has become more delicate and the aspect of design also more diverse. We encourage our students to consider "Architecture" in different point of views, and anticipate about the cooperation of team-work after graduate. So the courses not only centering on professional skills but also accumulate different experiences, such as creative-thinking, comprehension of materials, proper control of design procedures, and how to accomplish a design by advanced technology, etc.
E1156 Architectural Design (V) (4/4) As the final stage of architecture design training, instruction at this level provides support for individual student research and intends primary for students to complete a design project in one academic year.
E1253 Case Studies in Architecture (I) (2/0) The aim of this course is to supplement the very basic concepts and knowledge of designing buildings. Fundamental spatial elements will be addressed by categorizing them into entrance, window, wall, ceiling, roof, staircases, space for social interact, space for one's own, light, materials, tectonics...
E1254 Case Studies in Architecture (II) (0/2) As a complementary course of Architectural Design(2), the main concern has been focused on the awareness of human scale，the sense of spatial order and the understanding of materials and construction as well.
E1334 Environmental Design and Human Behavior (0/3) An introduction to human behavior functioning in the environment, focusing on variation of needs in different user groups and necessary design accommodation.
E1352 Experiencing Architecture: Towards a Critical Architectural Representation (0/2) An introduction to architectural representation, this course focuses on the basic skill in image making, information reading through images, and preliminary photographic criticism training.
E1553 Design Methodology (0/2) Through a series of lectures and exercise, students would be able to understand design methods developed since the 1950's and to learn the thinking process beyond the visible operations.
E1661 Architecture Post Occupancy Evaluation (2/0) Review of architecture performance based on the user's perspective, including types, purposes, and methods of evaluations, and analysis of successful as well as failed case studies.
E1662 Architectural Criticism (0/2) This course explores the history of modern architecture criticism and theory from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. The topics focus on architecture style, space, form and meaning.
E1749 Architectural Representation (2/2) This course is designed to support and complement the freshmen design studio. It provides students the opportunity to experiment with different methods and techniques of art and architectural representations. Woodshop, casting, collage, paintings, free hand and architectural drawings are introduced in a workshop/studio setting.
E1750 Introduction to Architectural History (2/0) Lecture on the architectural history in general and on the basic ideas about the writing of Architectural History.
E1753 Contemporary Architecture and Design (0/2) This course presents the history and theory development of Western Architecture after 1945 to the present. Students will read texts and present the building case studies as term paper.
E1755 Building construction practice (0/2) This is an elective course for seniors, who will enter architecture practice after graduation. Each week we arrange to visit construction site, architect firm, interior design firm, high-rise building, prefab factory, etc., to enable students understand what the practice world really are.
E1756 Introduction of Classical Writings in Architecture (0/2) This course is an introduction to modern architecture, post-modern architecture, deconstructivism and critical regionalism by a series of writings.
E1758 Theory of Design (0/2) The topics of this course are designed to overtake the space acknowledgement of visual orientation in the process of Design, and make responses under different changes of new circumstances. Using our body as the base experience the real environment, face the challenges form different topics and practice the dialectical ability of Design to affect the reality.
E1799 Introduction to Urban Planning (3/0) This course begins by introducing the history and theory of urban planning in western world. Then focuses on the mechanism and varies tool used by the urban planning in Taiwan.
E2054 Space and Society (0/2) This is an introductory course to address the issues of/between space and society. Some basic issues will be explored, such as: what's the relationship between space and society, is there any space could be defined beyond social aspect, how social formation, like gender, race, class represent through and formed by space? The class will also discuss some social and special theories to enhancing theoretical thinking.
E2257 Introduction to Urban Design (2/0) This course provides an understanding of the dynamics that created urban environment, including cultural, political and spatial issues. It also provides theoretical context of the complementary urban designers and planners.
E2285 Architecture Multimedia Presentation (2/2) This course introduces multi-media presentation of architecture, Includes architecture 3D model animation edit and cutting. The purpose is making an architectural presentation movie.
E2414 Assemblage (2) This course concerned with the operation of architecture knowledge and techniques with mastering materials characteristic to subtilize fundamental environment, design, making and experiences to obvert construction work into creative architecture.
E2415 Construction and Management (2/0) This course serves to introduce to the practice of architecture as a profession and as a design service business. The process of turning designs into buildings requires far more than inspiration and technical expertise. The course will consist generally of three parts. The first will focus on the nature of professionalism and ethics in general and the way they have developed in the design professions. The second offers a detailed look at the profession operations of a design office will provide the basis for understanding the business and management issues that follow. This segment addresses management structures and their effect on design practice. The third segment of the class addresses project management methodologies related directly to architecture and construction.
E2529 Building Technology (II) (0/3) The approach of the class on building design is through the understanding of the technical aspect of the building. Masonry, reinforced concrete, wood, and steel are the four building systems. Various construction methods will be discussed through the categories of roof, wall, floor, and foundation. Various systems of structure, building envelope, water proofing, and energy conservation will also be examined. The overall effort is constantly placed on the integration of the building elements of structure, environment, enclosure, formal expression, and spatial definition.
E2533 Architecture in English (2/0) The course intends to enhance students' abilities and techniques in use of English language in architecture reading, oral and visual presentations. It is a class entirely in English, so that students can be prepared for global communication.
E2534 Urban Housing Case Study (2/0) This course will explore the design topic: house. This course will focus on some issues: "how to make form", site analysis and spatial organization.
E2528 Building Technology (I) (3/0) The approach of the class on building design is through the understanding of the technical aspect of the building. Masonry, reinforced concrete, wood, and steel are the four building systems. Various construction methods will be discussed through the categories of roof, wall, floor, and foundation. Various systems of structure, building envelope, water proofing, and energy conservation will also be examined. The overall effort is constantly placed on the integration of the building elements of structure, environment, enclosure, formal expression, and spatial definition.
E2530 Sustainable Architecture (0/2) This course is a glimpse into a certain Utopia. It is divided into two major parts. The first sets out some introductory concepts which contains planning and design, transportation, landscape and nature in the city, building design, energy and information, materials, water, waste and resource. The second is a group of case studies. The case studies draw on some of the best experience from Taiwan and all over the world. This course hope will stimulate all those interested in students to design and develop their own Utopias.
E2531 Design Development and Detailing (0/2) To explore means of choosing appropriate building materials and integrating these materials in proper manners in building and interior design. This course will emphasize the "appropriateness" in detailing components that are essential in the creation of spaces.
E2532 Architectural Lighting Design (2/0) Introduction to Light, Seeing Process, Colors, Light Sources, Luminaires, Point-by-Point Calculation, Computer Calculation and 3D Lighting Simulation.
E2555 Architecture and Urbanism in the Age of Globalization (2/0) This course explores the possibilities of architectural and urban design in the speeding process of globalization since the 1970s. It begins from the theoretical analysis of globalization to the new type of architectural and urban programming, to finally various case studies related to the subject.
S0483 Environmental Ecology (2/0) An introduction to life on land and in water, temperature relations, water relations, population ecology, and structure, function, and dynamics of an ecosystem.
T0978 Introduction to Landscape Architecture (2/0) This module explores the uses of materials, techniques and styles in contemporary landscape design. The study of the direct line which links ecology, art, culture and philosophies into a perceptible whole.
Master's Program
E1041 Architectural Semiotic (2/0) Through the theory of architectural semiotic to reflex the concept of composition space, by understanding the meaning of architectural semiotic, to manual semiotic for approach the goal of architectural creation.
E1196 Energy Factors in Architecture (0/2) To provide architectural graduate students with the knowledge and tools to analysis and integrate energy consideration in architectural design. The course will discuss on the major energy factors focus on the building envelopes and its mechanical systems in the process of architectural programming, planning and design.
E1321 Induction Design (2/0) Induction design is a method for incorporating computer programs generates architectural design results that meet design conditions. Different design cases and computer programs will be discussed in this course.
E1707 Building Disaster Prevention in Urban Area (0/2) By the studying of the nature of disaster and patterns presented, we will trace resolutions from upward urban planning to downward building control.
E1709 Culture and Environment (2/0) Theories and ideas of space, place, behavior setting and the environment, emphasizing the influence of human cognition and social, cultural factors in the understanding and organization of the physical environment.
E1711 Studio: Computer Media and Design (1) (4/0) The subjects of the studio are metropolitan observation, urban space, urban architecture, and urban landscape architecture. Modern science, politics and economics have granted us an extraordinary capacity to abstract, understand, and tame the concrete realities of life. At the same time, this abstraction leaves us with a troubling sense of rootlessness and alienation.
E1712 Studio: Computer Media and Design (2) (4/0) This studio is primarily a project-based course comprising readings and projects of increasing complexity in discussing the relationships of modern computer technology, architectural design, and contemporary culture. A series of design exercises address particular concepts of architecture in the information era.
E1713 Studio: Architecture Theory and Design (1) (4/0) This course offers the advance support for each individual graduate student to integrate in both theoretical and physical design studies.
E1714 Studio: Architecture Theory and Design (2) (0/4) The goal of the studio is through several design exercise developing the understanding of each students individual design characteristics, through which a better designer could be carved.
E1717 Studio: Regional Culture and Urban Design (1) (4/0) The goal of the studio is to understand the planning process and a multi-criteria design thinking process through the planning projects drawn and defined from each participant's hometown.
E1718 Studio: Regional Culture and Urban Design (2) (4/0) This studio concerned with the spatial practice in common places. Cultural issues and practical strategies were analyzed to find the way building a characteristic community.
E1719 Green Architecture (2/0) This course mainly discusses building conservation, Low Impact, compact with environment, health, comfort amenity, ecological building and sustainable architecture.
E1720 Post War Western and Taiwanese Architecture (0/2) This course examines the issues inherent in the Taiwanese Architecture among western culture, ideology and built technology after 1945 to the Present.
E1895 Design Research (0/1) The goal of the course is to instruct post-graduate students to acquire sufficient knowledge for their design-thesis and complete a pre-thesis project for the second year of the master program.
E1928 Architectonics (0/2) This course elaborates on three major construction systems, namely, steel, wood and R. C. The discussion focuses on the system's prototypes with interesting case studies. The course has a constant concern on the issue of aesthetics inherent in building construction systems.
E1929 Advanced Architectural Design Studio (0/4) An advanced studio involving collaborative work on problems that are large in scope, yet require attention to spatial organization. Complex community design problems will be explored.
E1946 Computer Applications in Architecture (2/0) This course emphasizes the use of the computer in architectural design and visualization. Topics include: fundamentals of multi-media, 3D modeling, non-regular-object, geometric transformation, lighting, rendering, animation, and dynamic simulation.
E1950 Architectural Technique and Design (0/4) This course concerned with the combination between technology and design. Building technologies will be analyzed for each design project.
E2005 Design Thinking (2/0) Scholars working in the design research field are invited to give lectures on their specific research topics based on which students could have a broader vision and varieties on their future research issues.
E2065 Building Technology (2/0) Students are expected to research in architectural structure, architectural environment, force of earthquake, curtain wall, PCM, waterproofing on basement exterior wall, etc.
E2216 Design Concept/Construction Methodology (0/2) The major purpose of this course is to establish linking among architectural theories and construction in practice. The major issues including following topics:1) top-down construction 2) layers building construction 3) Damping application in earthquake resistance...,etc).Various projects will be introduced and discussed as example to show how to make correct "construction method" decision.
E2224 Vernacular Architecture (2/0) This course introduces ways of seeing and interpreting Taiwanese nature, history and culture, as revealed in built surroundings-building, settlement, city districts, and other man-made-structure.
E2430 Environment Meaning and Interpretation (0/2) The course is an advanced graduate seminar focusing on the processes and products of environmental meanings. Theory discussions mainly involve cultural, historical social influences on the processes of meaning construction, and their material manifestations.
E2440 The Practice and Strategy of Urban Design (0/2) Urban Design is concerned about the production of urban form, which is based on the interaction between the life world and design mechanism. The course is divided into two parts: case studies of urban design process and discussions about urban design and planning concepts, which are derived from various visions of what urban transformation should evolve and how design intervention can improve environmental quality. Issues about ecology, communication, participation, management, and conservation of urban texture will be emphasized. Overall, the major objective of the course is to help students develop the skill of planning with new concepts from design practice.
E2448 Information Culture & Architecture (0/2) This course introduces recent developments of IT (information technologies) in architecture. Topics include: CAD/CAM, AI in design, hyper-body, hyper-surface, information-landscape, digital tech-tonics, cyberspace, and contemporary architecture theory.
E2589 Architect & Architecture (2/0) It is the goal of this course to help the students form their own ability for critical thinking in architecture by serious examination and analysis of architects and their works.
E2612 Ecological Engineering Methods and Environmental Landscape (2/0) The eco-engineering and ecological methods are introduced in this course. The course emphasizes the importance and the impacts of these methods onto various engineering issues that include hydrology, geo-technology, roads and pavements, environmental protection and urban planning. The management and rehabilitation of the corresponding projects and the civilian participation are also discussed with major concerns on the education developments. Overseas and domestic experiences would be addressed while a couple of field trips on eco-engineering project around Taipei vicinity are arranged for students to feel and learn the life of these methods.
E2614 Cultural Studies and Landscape Theories (0/2) The intention of this course is to introduce basic understanding and new evelopment of cultural studies and landscape theories related to the field of architecture and to fathom the spectrum and meaning of the generic term of 'cultural landscape'.
T0081 Research Methodology (0/2) The course trains the students in pre-dissertation and pre-thesis research strategies by exposing them a variety of methods of inquiry, including the nature of research, critical reading and analysis.
T8000 Thesis (4) Post-graduate students are required to complete a thesis as part of the fulfillment of the master's degree. Thesis of the Theory and Technique group is research-oriented and the Design group is design-oriented.
